In re G.S. CA4/1
L.S. was born in October 2018. Mother and Father began dating in 2020, and were living together by early 2021.
On February 3, 2021, L.S. was taken to Rady’s Children’s Hospital because of vomiting the previous day. She had bruises “all over her body,” including “her chest, ear, left arm, left thumbnail, left upper cheek, forehead, left first toe, right side nostril and under her left eye.” She also had a liver laceration and internal bleeding, suggesting renal gland bruising, and needed a blood transfusion. Child abuse expert Dr. Shalon Nienow said this was a “ ‘near fatality’ case,” and if the parents “waited any longer [L.S.] could have died.” She opined the organ injuries were from “ ‘extreme violent forces’ which could have been a ‘kick or punches’ to the abdomen”; the chest bruises were from punching; and the toe bruising was from biting.
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